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Re: new to linux-ipchains trouble



Hello

jones joens (<dorkus_sensitivo@yahoo.com>) wrote:

> Hello, I am new to the linux game and am running into some difficulty.
>  I cannot get ipchains, iptables, or ipfwadm to work.  All three give
> me errors that say something is missing in the kernel.  Such that
>  
> ipfwadm --> Generic IP Firewall Chains not in this Kernel
> ipchains -L --> Incompatible with this Kernel
> iptables -L --> can't initialize iptables table 'filter': iptables
> who? (do you need insmod)  Perhaps iptables or your Kernel needs to be
> upgraded.
>  
> I got these packages using dselect.  Kernelversion shows 2.2.  For
> ipchains and iptables I am using a generic -L (list) command since I
> am not exactly sure about setting up rules.  I  want to make sure that
> the programs where properly installed and are working before I get
> into the rules part of it.  Do I need some library or a kernel upgrade
> or patch?

iptables is the new interface for Kernel 2.4, for 2.2 you should use
ipchains. Try to load the necessary kernel modules (at least: modprobe
ipchains).

best regards
        Andreas Janssen

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Andreas Janssen
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